Puff Daddy Name Change Sends Tremor Through Music Industry

August 18, 2005

WANNA BE BALLERS? SHOT-CALLERS?

At least he didn’t change his face

Sean Combs Changes Name To Diddy, Does Not Change Face

As word spreads of rap mogul Sean Combs’s decision to drop the P. of “P. Diddy” (“Diddy is more personal,” says Diddy), other artists have become concerned that their own names aren’t as personal as they could be. Worse, these artists fear the friendly, more personal “age of Diddy” might keep potential audiences from even giving their music a chance, despite their songs being just as personal as Combs’s.